Particle Properties

The properties of all particles are saved in static and flat arrays. More...

Typedefs
using	corsika::CodeIntType = int32_t std::underlying_type< Code >::type
	The Code enum is the actual place to define CORSIKA 8 particle codes. More...
using	corsika::PDGCodeType = std::underlying_type< PDGCode >::type

Functions
int16_t constexpr	corsika::get_charge_number (Code const)
	electric charge in units of e
ElectricChargeType constexpr	corsika::get_charge (Code const)
	electric charge
HEPMassType constexpr	corsika::get_mass (Code const)
	mass
HEPEnergyType constexpr	corsika::get_kinetic_energy_threshold (Code const)
	get kinetic energy threshold below which the particle is discarded, by default set to zero
void constexpr	corsika::set_kinetic_energy_threshold (Code const, HEPEnergyType const)
	set kinetic energy threshold below which the particle is discarded
void	corsika::set_kinetic_energy_threshold (std::pair< Code const, HEPEnergyType const > p)
void	corsika::set_kinetic_energy_thresholds (std::unordered_map< Code const, HEPEnergyType const > const &eCuts)
PDGCode constexpr	corsika::get_PDG (Code const)
	Particle code according to PDG, "Monte Carlo Particle Numbering Scheme".
PDGCode constexpr	corsika::get_PDG (unsigned int A, unsigned int Z)
std::string_view constexpr	corsika::get_name (Code const)
	name of the particle as string
TimeType constexpr	corsika::get_lifetime (Code const)
	lifetime
bool constexpr	corsika::is_nucleus (Code const)
	true iff the particle is a hard-coded nucleus or Code::Nucleus
bool constexpr	corsika::is_hadron (Code const)
	true iff particle is hadron
bool constexpr	corsika::is_em (Code const)
	true iff particle is electron, positron or photon
bool constexpr	corsika::is_muon (Code const)
	true iff particle is mu+ or mu-
bool constexpr	corsika::is_neutrino (Code const)
	true iff particle is (anti-) neutrino
int constexpr	corsika::get_nucleus_A (Code const)
	returns A for hard-coded nucleus, otherwise 0
int constexpr	corsika::get_nucleus_Z (Code const)
	returns Z for hard-coded nucleus, otherwise 0
HEPMassType	corsika::get_nucleus_mass (unsigned int const, unsigned int const)
	returns mass of (A,Z) nucleus, disregarding binding energy
Code	corsika::convert_from_PDG (PDGCode const)
	convert PDG code to CORSIKA 8 internal code
std::initializer_list< Code > constexpr	corsika::get_all_particles ()
std::ostream &	corsika::operator<< (std::ostream &, corsika::Code)
	the output stream operator for human-readable particle codes

Detailed Description

The properties of all particles are saved in static and flat arrays.

There is a enum corsika::Code to identify each particles, and each individual particles has its own static class, which can be used to retrieve its physical properties.

The properties of all elementary particles are accessible here. The data are taken from the Pythia ParticleData.xml file.

Particle data can be accessed via global function in namespace corsika, or via static classes for each particle type. These classes all have the interface (example for the class corsika::Electron):

static constexpr Code code{Code::Electron};
static constexpr Code anti_code{Code::Positron};
static constexpr HEPMassType mass{corsika::get_mass(code)};
static constexpr ElectricChargeType charge{corsika::get_charge(code)};
static constexpr int charge_number{corsika::get_charge_number(code)};
static constexpr std::string_view name{corsika::get_name(code)};
static constexpr bool is_nucleus{corsika::is_nucleus(code)};

The names, relations and properties of all particles known to CORSIKA 8 are listed below.

Typedef Documentation

CodeIntType

using corsika::CodeIntType = typedef int32_t std::underlying_type<Code>::type

strong

The Code enum is the actual place to define CORSIKA 8 particle codes.

Specifically for PDG ids

Definition at line 67 of file ParticleProperties.hpp.